Improvement in fvulklng-stools



Milking-Stoom. N0.`142,247.

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Patenled August 26, |873.

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IMPROVEMENT IN MlLKlNG-STOLS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,247, dated August 26, 1873; application filed November 9, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE rl. LINCOLN, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Milking-Fail Supporter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a correct descrip tion ofthe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved pail supporter combined with a milking-stool.

My invention consists in an adjustable device for holding a milking-pail at any desired height, and in any desired convenient position, said device being either attached to a stool of special construction prepared to receive it, or to any ordinary form of stool used for that purpose.

In Fig. l of the accompanying drawings, C

marks the top of a stool of special 'construction, to which my devices are to be attached. B is the seat for the milker, and D D the legs which support the top C. To one end of the stool` is attached the eye or sleeve I, which receives the rod A, which is bent, at its lower extremity, at right angles to its length, so as to form a foot, as shown, for the purpose of preventing the Weight of the pail from overturning the stool when no person is sitting upon it. On rod A two brackets, E F, slide vertically and turn horizontally, the two being connected together by the rod L, to which the lower bracket E is attached, by means of a set-screw, at any desired distance from the upper bracket F, so as to adapt the device for the reception of a pail of any ordinary size. The upper bracket F is provided with hooks, upon which the bail of the pail is hung, and the lower bracket E with a curved angle-iron or ledge to receive and support the lower edge of the pail, as clearly shown in Fig. l. n

It is obvious, from the construction, that the pail can be raised or lowered, as desired, on

lthe rod A; and that the brackets can be adjusted, relatively to each other, so as to receive a pail of any usual size. It is also apparent that the pail can be swung laterally in either direction as far asmay be deemed necessary.

What I claim is-V In combination with a milking-stool, a milk- 'ing-pail holder, consisting of the rod A, having a projecting foot, as shown, and provided with the sliding and swinging brackets E and F, adjustable, either separately or together, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification signed by me this 28th day of September, 1872.

GEORGE 'I". LINCOLN.

Witnesses:

C. H. Mannini/r, C. W. CARTER.' 

